An anonymous journal of a trip largely through Italy with month and day dates included in the text in a number of places, and the year 1793 included in at least 2 instances, the journey beginning in late 1792
Part of the J. Patrick Lee Voltaire Collection, acquired by the Library in 2013: item number 2032
Neatly written in one hand as though copied; ink tones somewhat varied, lighter tones a bit faded; there are no headings or breaks between lines; about 70 blank leaves follow the text
Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, the compartments ornately decorated with bordered floral tool; double fillet gilt roll on board edges; sprinkled red paste-paper endpapers, stained red edges; some rubbing
A journal describing in detail a trip beginning in Trazegnies (Belgium) and proceeding through Liessies (France) and other areas of Alsace to Switzerland and on to Rome, places visited on the way including Turin, Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Ferrara, Bologne, Loreto on the Adriatic; the manuscript ends in Rome, to which a large section is devoted. The writer describes the countryside, the conditions of the roads (sometimes "detestables"), the attractions and conditions in places visited, including descriptions of art, palaces, libraries, churches and cathedrals, the state of commerce; instances of special reference are to the writer's presentation to the King and royal family in Turin, to the buildings of Palladio in Vicenza, the outstanding botanical gardens in Padua, the complex structure of the government of Bologna as part of the papal states
Manuscript. Title devised by cataloguer. An anonymous journal of a trip largely through Italy with month and day dates included in the text in a number of places, and the year 1793 included in at least 2 instances, the journey beginning in late 1792. Part of the J. Patrick Lee Voltaire Collection, acquired by the Library in 2013: item number 2032. CaQMM Neatly written in one hand as though copied; ink tones somewhat varied, lighter tones a bit faded; there are no headings or breaks between lines; about 70 blank leaves follow the text. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, the compartments ornately decorated with bordered floral tool; double fillet gilt roll on board edges; sprinkled red paste-paper endpapers, stained red edges; some rubbing. CaQMM A journal describing in detail a trip beginning in Trazegnies (Belgium) and proceeding through Liessies (France) and other areas of Alsace to Switzerland and on to Rome, places visited on the way including Turin, Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Ferrara, Bologne, Loreto on the Adriatic; the manuscript ends in Rome, to which a large section is devoted. The writer describes the countryside, the conditions of the roads (sometimes "detestables"), the attractions and conditions in places visited, including descriptions of art, palaces, libraries, churches and cathedrals, the state of commerce; instances of special reference are to the writer's presentation to the King and royal family in Turin, to the buildings of Palladio in Vicenza, the outstanding botanical gardens in Padua, the complex structure of the government of Bologna as part of the papal states.
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